Contradictions and Paradoxes in Numbers 7:68

Check out Contradictions Catalog of Numbers 7:68 for the comprehensive list of verses that contradicts Numbers 7:68. Some key contradictions and paradoxes are described below.

According to Moses, the golden spoon full of sweet-smelling spice was a special gift to God from the people of Israel. They gave it to show their love and respect for Him.

Numbers 7:68: One golden spoon of ten [shekels], full of incense:

Contradiction with Exodus 20:13

Commandment against killing, contradicting the offering of animal sacrifices in Numbers 7:68.

Exodus 20:13: Thou shalt not kill.

Contradiction with Isaiah 1:11

Questions the value of sacrifices, contradicting the practice described in Numbers 7:68.

Isaiah 1:11: To what purpose [is] the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats. [he goats: Heb. great he goats]

Contradiction with Hosea 6:6

Desires mercy, not sacrifice, contrasting with the sacrificial offering in Numbers 7:68.

Hosea 6:6: For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

Contradiction with Psalm 50:9-10

God does not need bulls from stalls, whereas Numbers 7:68 describes bull offerings.

Psalm 50:9-10: I will take no bullock out of thy house, [nor] he goats out of thy folds.

Contradiction with Matthew 9:13

Prefers mercy over sacrifice, conflicting with the sacrificial action in Numbers 7:68.

Matthew 9:13: But go ye and learn what [that] meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
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